Fixing Roll

[bongodriver]

But people are asking for realism........it doesn't get more realistic than keeping your hand on the stick, you just can't trim warbirds or vintage aircraft to fly hands off.

[Furio]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

But people are asking for realism........it doesn't get more realistic than keeping your hand on the stick, you just can't trim warbirds or vintage aircraft to fly hands off.

True.
In real life, you can just apply a little constant force to the stick with a barely noticeable effort. In the sim, this requires such a subtle stick push that you end up by constantly over correct.

The end result is a continuous rolling motion: rolling right, correct, rolling left, correct, and so on. Surely, practicing can alleviate this problem, but CoD is so darn good that we are facing the real price of realism.

Modern and stable planes can be effectively flown “by the numbers”, while older types, must be flown by “the seat of the pants”, exactly the “instrument” you can’t have on your pc!

[b101uk]

Guys, in real life aircraft spend most of there time side-slipping to some degree because in the slightest lateral wind they require to counter side-slip in order to fly the correct course over ground in order to end up at there intended destination, a ~2m/sec wind at 90deg to your direction of travel will put you ~7.2km off course after 1 hour.

As I have said the rudder trim of most aircraft is misplaced to the right of centre thus requiring you to add to add left hand rudder trim to centre it and to stop the constant role to the right, if you don’t believe me put a plane on the ground in the FMB (ju87 is a good e.g.) hit the F8 view which is directly behind the plane and LOOK at the rudder closely, you will see more of the left side of the rudder than the right side of the rudder indicating that the rudder WILL educe RH role and side-slip as the tail will go to the left, if you unplug you joystick so only the keyboard is active it will be apparent, if you look from above you will also see the rudder also has MORE RH throw than LH throw which can also only happen is the trim is misplaced to the right of centre!

As I have said it works perfectly for me in stopping the constant RH role (WHICH IS NOT FROM TORQUE)

[bongodriver]

I shall tear up my commercial pilots licence immediately

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by b101uk

As I have said it works perfectly for me in stopping the constant RH role (WHICH IS NOT FROM TORQUE)

roll comes from torque and gyroscopic procession

engine making the prop spin clockwise will force the engine block anti-clockwise

[b101uk]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

roll comes from torque and gyroscopic procession

engine making the prop spin clockwise will force the engine block anti-clockwise

I know, you are 11 posts to late see

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...2&postcount=10

[Wolf_Rider]

you failed to mention the engine though, which is the major part. [ the propeller is nothing more than basically (though not exactly) another wing going 'round in circles... an airscrew ]
and which is what makes a motor vehicle lurch to the side when the (predominantly N/S) engine is revved up suddenly

regardless....

[MikkOwl]

I thought a larger influence was that the airflow from the propeller is not straight, but spirals rearwards across the fuselage and wings. It strikes the stabilizer from one side constantly for example, pushing the tail in that direction. I don't know if these forces are contrary or reinforce the actual torque effect from the propeller.